Rabbis, language and translation in late antiquity

Rabbis, language and translation in late antiquity / Willem F. Smelik.

Comprehensive discussion of how languages and translations were perceived and practised in the multilingual Jewish societies of Late Antiquity.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smelik, Willem F. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
To 1500
Rabbinical literature > Translating.
Rabbinical literature > Translations.
Jews > Languages > History.
Jews > History > 70-638.
Translating and interpreting > History > To 1500.
Judaism > History > Talmudic period, 10-425.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
Jews
Jews > Languages
Judaism > Talmudic period
Rabbinical literature
Rabbinical literature > Translating
Translating and interpreting
History
Translations
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Table of Contents:
  • Multilingualism and the holy tongue. The family of languages
  • The holy tongue
  • The multilingual context of language selection
  • The locus of translation. The terminology of translation
  • Chanting the scriptures
  • Between Holy Writ and Oral Tora
  • Ashurit and alphabet
  • Rabbis and translation. Targum in Talmud
  • The faces of Aquila.

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